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SOUTH BEND, Ind.--ABC57's Jordan Tolbert breaks down the economic impact, SNAP benefits, and tariff dividend payments post government shutdown.

Economic Impact

ABC News reports $11 billion of inflation-adjusted GDP was permanently lost in the government shutdown, according to a forecast from the Congressional Budget Office last month.

ABC57’s Jordan Tolbert spoke to Jeffrey Campbell, Ph.D, Frances D. Rasmus and Jerome A. Castellini Professor of Economics at Notre Dame. He says the economic impacts from the shutdown are very small.

Campbell says most government employees, like air traffic controllers or the military, could tap credit markets or take out loans against futur

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